Xavier University Athletics
Men's Basketball Heads To Tennessee For Its Second Exhibition Game
10.13.26 | Men's Basketball
Vols are ranked No. 8 in the country by ESPN.
CINCINNATI --- The Xavier Musketeer men's basketball team plays its second public exhibition game on Thursday night at 7 p.m. vs. the Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville, Tenn. UT is ranked No. 8 in the country in the preseason ESPN rankings released on Oct. 7.
The game will be available on SEC Network+ with play-by-play from Andy Brock and analysis from Steve Hamer. There will be no Xavier Radio for this game. Live stats will be available via GoXavier.com and Statbroadcast.com.
Xavier and Tennessee have met 17 times in the regular season with the last time being a 64-49 UT win at the Battle 4 Atlantis on Nov. 29, 2013. XU won the last regular season game played on either team's campus, 67-63, earlier that same month on Nov. 12, 2013 at Cintas Center. XU won the 1978 Vol Classic with wins over UT and USC and one of the stars of that championship was Joe Sunderman, long-time radio voice of the Musketeers.
Xavier won its exhibition opener vs. Dayton on Oct. 7, 82-76, led by 19 points and 11 rebounds from Mike Nwoko. Three other Musketeers also posted double-figure scoring: Rubén Dominguez hit 4-6 three-pointers on his way to 15 points, while Tru Washington added 14 and Jovan Milićević scored 13. The game was played outside at the Cincinnati Open Sporting Club at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.
XU hosts Kent State in its final exhibition on Friday, Oct. 23, at Cintas Center as part of All for One Weekend. All for One Weekend unites Xavier University's Alumni Weekend and Family Weekend for the first time. Tickets are still available at GoXavier.com and through the Xavier Ticket Office.
